The Wicked Witch is Dead - 5.26.2007.1
How could I not comment on the joyous news of the day? You may wonder what the news is, what could please me so? It's no less than the news that Ms. Rosie O'Donnell will no longer be on television. She has officially run away from The View after her self-destructive fight with one of her co-hosts.
Now the fact that there was a mere 3 weeks left in Ms. O'Donnell's contract
seems to indicate that the arguement was a critical factor in her departure. If this is all it took, I wish her co-hosts would have gotten angry some time ago. Anything that keeps Ms. O'Donnell's presence off th airwaves. Don't misunderstand, this is not about censorship. Ms. O'Donnell has every right to spew whatever ill-conceived thought she wishes, so long as it's not racially inflamatory or explicative laden.
The fact that Ms. O'Donnell has used the View as a format to expouse extreme left-wing propoganda, and has diminished the United States to the world, is fine as that is free speech. The very military that Ms. O'Donnell likens to terrorists, are the ones that ensure her ability to do this. If no one else were to shout from the rafters their respect of the American solider, she absolutely should; and among others proclaiming their admiration she should be one of the loudest.
Let me clarify, stating that '652,000 Iraqi people are dead, and who's the terrorist' or '[building 7] was the first time in history that fire melted steel' is anti-American in my view. It shows no support for our troops, no love of country, no respect on any level - to me. I support her ability to state as fact obvious contradictions to science that any 8th grader should understand better. I believe, and have previously volunteered to, defending her right to accuse her homeland of acts that are being engaged against us is absolute. But I in NO WAY agree, nor have I wished her continued success in making further statements.
If she were never to be on any televised, filmed, recorded device that is available to the public again, I would lose no sleep. Further I will suggest that if Ms. O'Donnell truely feels America has acted in a manner so dispicable, and is led by individuals so despotic, then perhaps she should give up her birthright and go to a more free, open, and fair nation in the world. Perhaps Ms. O'Donnell would find more joy and liberal freedom in another land, one where there is no persecution of gays, and where women are the equal to any person, where the color of skin determines nothing more than a good suntan.
Since such a nation does not exist, I suggest she give up her birthright and live in a nation that comes as close to those ideals as possible. Wait, THIS IS THAT NATION.
Disney, via ABC, should have removed this woman long ago. Ratings are not worth the damage and insult inflicted by this woman, in my opinion. Just because people are drawn to painful events, like trainwrecks - whether personal or not, this is not a reason to televise them. Judas gained 30 pieces of silver, and a Greek shepard gained a place in the Persian kingdom, each at the cost of their souls. Somethings are just not worth the price, somethings should never be sold.
Liberals and consrvatives are good, Left- and Right-wings are needed, questions must be asked. These things balance America, and we hope they lead us to a greater nation. Yet all rights are tempered, all freedoms come with responsibility. Power corrupts and abuse is the visual expression of that corruption.
Ms. Rosie O'Donnell is gone from the View, her choice or not it doesn't matter. This is a gift to our servicemen, those that have sacrificed everything and those that have volunteered to fight for us to that ultimate price today. If only it can stay that way.
This is what I think, what do you think?
Now the fact that there was a mere 3 weeks left in Ms. O'Donnell's contract
seems to indicate that the arguement was a critical factor in her departure. If this is all it took, I wish her co-hosts would have gotten angry some time ago. Anything that keeps Ms. O'Donnell's presence off th airwaves. Don't misunderstand, this is not about censorship. Ms. O'Donnell has every right to spew whatever ill-conceived thought she wishes, so long as it's not racially inflamatory or explicative laden. The fact that Ms. O'Donnell has used the View as a format to expouse extreme left-wing propoganda, and has diminished the United States to the world, is fine as that is free speech. The very military that Ms. O'Donnell likens to terrorists, are the ones that ensure her ability to do this. If no one else were to shout from the rafters their respect of the American solider, she absolutely should; and among others proclaiming their admiration she should be one of the loudest.
Let me clarify, stating that '652,000 Iraqi people are dead, and who's the terrorist' or '[building 7] was the first time in history that fire melted steel' is anti-American in my view. It shows no support for our troops, no love of country, no respect on any level - to me. I support her ability to state as fact obvious contradictions to science that any 8th grader should understand better. I believe, and have previously volunteered to, defending her right to accuse her homeland of acts that are being engaged against us is absolute. But I in NO WAY agree, nor have I wished her continued success in making further statements.
If she were never to be on any televised, filmed, recorded device that is available to the public again, I would lose no sleep. Further I will suggest that if Ms. O'Donnell truely feels America has acted in a manner so dispicable, and is led by individuals so despotic, then perhaps she should give up her birthright and go to a more free, open, and fair nation in the world. Perhaps Ms. O'Donnell would find more joy and liberal freedom in another land, one where there is no persecution of gays, and where women are the equal to any person, where the color of skin determines nothing more than a good suntan.
Since such a nation does not exist, I suggest she give up her birthright and live in a nation that comes as close to those ideals as possible. Wait, THIS IS THAT NATION.
Disney, via ABC, should have removed this woman long ago. Ratings are not worth the damage and insult inflicted by this woman, in my opinion. Just because people are drawn to painful events, like trainwrecks - whether personal or not, this is not a reason to televise them. Judas gained 30 pieces of silver, and a Greek shepard gained a place in the Persian kingdom, each at the cost of their souls. Somethings are just not worth the price, somethings should never be sold.
Liberals and consrvatives are good, Left- and Right-wings are needed, questions must be asked. These things balance America, and we hope they lead us to a greater nation. Yet all rights are tempered, all freedoms come with responsibility. Power corrupts and abuse is the visual expression of that corruption.
Ms. Rosie O'Donnell is gone from the View, her choice or not it doesn't matter. This is a gift to our servicemen, those that have sacrificed everything and those that have volunteered to fight for us to that ultimate price today. If only it can stay that way.
This is what I think, what do you think?
Labels: broadcast television, rosie odonnell, The View, Walt Disney
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